Lol we don’t have 70 speed limit anywhere in the state I know of, even on the expressway. We have to hit the expressway in N Ky to see 70 mph speed limits.

As I. Said 6 spottings on todays ride, 3 Highway Patrol, 2 Sheriffs and 1 township car. Our State Highway Patrol have a saying..over 9 you’re mine…and they mean it. The locals are a little more forgiving but 12 over would get you a ticket for sure.

Law enforcement isn’t that bad around here in my opinion. My admittedly anecdotal experience has been that as long as you aren’t in a busy or heavily residential area and aren’t acting like a complete loon, the LEOs are pretty tolerant. But then we have skinny, two-lane, tar and pitch roads around here with 70 and 75 mph speed limits, and even faster in some parts of the state. So speeds that could get someone sent to jail on similar roads in other states incite nothing more than minor worry over the chance of a speeding ticket here. (One such road goes from a 70mph speed limit to a 45mph speed limit as soon I cross the state line into Louisiana. Who knew it was so much more dangerous to drive in Louisiana than it is in Texas?)

I’d like to say that the power of bikes like this isn’t completely wasted by a street-only rider, but I’d be lying. Bikes like these are dual-sport bikes, just the other side of the spectrum. If you don’t go to the track, it’s kind of like owning a DR650 that you never take off-road. Still, just knowing what a bike is capable of often provides more than enough value to buyers.

That was my point Jeremy, the power this bike is capable of is wasted on the street, but it would certainly make a sweet track weapon.

Maybe it’s where I live, but here in SW Ohio there are PoPo everywhere. On a 30 mile ride I might pass 6 of them, Highway Patrol, Sheriffs and local LEO’s. You just never know, around the next bend over the next rise, I probably have 2 “oh Sheeit” moments on every ride I take and I ride like the reasonably quick old man that I am.

It seems like there’s always some “newbie” on the forums asking whether he’ll be okay if he starts out on a 150hp bike. I sometimes wonder how many of them are for real, and how many are just trolls looking to get people riled up.

I see it often here too. And we don’t even have curves. However, cruisers are much more of a problem in these parts if an exciting ride (or even a leisurely ride at the speed limit) is your desire since they travel in impassible herds often well below the speed limit. Fair enough as it is a public road, but it is still frustrating to the point that I almost never ride the “motorcycle” roads around here.